The new Box Theater in downtown Mount Clemens opens this weekend with preview performances of “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” an off-Broadway show featuring pop hits from the 1950s and ’60s.

Formerly located on N. Walnut, the Box’s new home is the old Che Cosa coffeehouse, which is owned by John Forlini who also owns the Box. The coffeehouse is moving down the street on Pine Street, the two entities connected by a hallway.

Together, the two will be known as the Box Theater and Cafe.

“Now people coming to a show can stop by beforehand for something to eat,” Forlini said. “It’s partnering my two businesses that we really couldn’t do in our former location.

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Forlini and company spent the past few weeks stripping down Che Cosa, which had been a Mount Clemens staple for the past 15 years. Then they painted the entire interior black, erected a stage, and added tiered seating, which means audience members sitting in the back will have just as good of a view as those in the front row, perhaps even better.

The number of seats are the same — 70 — but clearly the new facility has more elbow room than the cramped old venue.

“It’s been like a marathon to get everything done,” Forlini said. “We had to clear away 15 years of stuff that had accumulated in Che Cosa to make way for the new theater. It’s been very therapeutic.”

For the theater’s inaugural entry, “The Marvelous Wonderettes” is a light, breezy, fun show centering on four girls in the 1958 Springfield High School prom. They are the Wonderettes, an all-girl group performing classics like “Lipstick on Your Collar,” “It’s My Party,” “Dream Lover” and a whole bunch more.

The cast includes vocalists Eleonore Ellero-Groth, Lauren Fuller, Andrea Thibodeau and Joana Tuzzo. Jeff Bobick is the music director.

Ellero-Groth, of St. Clair Shores, said the cast is excited to be the first act entertaining in the new Box Theater.

“We’re very interested to see how everything sounds with people in here because we’ve been rehearsing with just the girls and the music,” Ellero-Groth said. “This is a very intimate theater, so the audience will feel like they are part of the show. I think they’re going to love the music and the songs.”

Showtime for “The Marvelous Wonderettes” is 8 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Box Theater, 90 Macomb Place. Discounted tickets for these two preview shows are $16. The show also runs Nov. 23-Dec. 8, with tickets going for $22, $20 for seniors and students. For more information, visit www.theboxtheater.com or call the box office at 586-954-2677.